This aerial drone footage shows the changing face the Killingworth Road Metro bridge which has been replaced over the Summer.

The £5m works are part of a wider scheme designed to modernise and improve 30-year-old stretches of track in Newcastle and North Tyneside.

The work, which forms part of the £350m Metro “all change” programme, involves the replacement of ageing tracks, the strengthening of embankments, and the replacement of the Killingworth Road Metro bridge in South Gosforth.

Aerial drone pictures of work on the new Killingworth Road Metro bridge

Work at the site, between the South Gosforth and Longbenton Metro stops, means the line has been closed from July 31 through to September 2.

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The new mammoth 370-ton crossing was installed on Killingworth Road earlier this month after crews had removed the old Victorian bridge

The Metro closure between South Gosforth and Shiremoor is expected to reopen in time for the Great North Run and the new school year on September 3. Diversions remain in place on Killingworth Road until Spring 2018.